Factors affecting initiation of palliative care in a Ugandan Emergency Department
© 2021 The Authors..
INTRODUCTION: The Emergency Department (ED) of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital serves a largely rural population of 4 million people in western Uganda. Here, ED patients with incurable illness often have prolonged stays. Palliative care (PC) is a low-cost intervention that focuses on alleviating pain and suffering for patients with incurable disease, while improving satisfaction with care and optimizing healthcare utilization. This is especially important in low resource settings. A prior needs assessment in our ED revealed that 50% of patients have PC needs. The ED is an optimal location to initiate PC, yet this rarely happens. There is a great need to identify factors affecting initiation of ED PC in our resource-limited setting.
METHODS: A semi-structured questionnaire and chart review was conducted from March to August 2020. Patients admitted from the ED were assessed for PC needs. Those who met criteria were approached for inclusion and flagged for initiation of PC. The follow-up period was 7 days.
RESULTS: Sixty two percent of those subjects flagged for initiation of PC received it. By day seven, 36.1 of the study population had died. ED initiation of PC varied significantly by diagnosis, with cancer patients more likely to receive PC (p = 0.0097).
CONCLUSION: Important barriers to PC initiation were identified in our Ugandan ED, related to diagnosis. These barriers could be overcome by improving awareness of PC amongst patients and providers alike and implementing a PC screening tool for all admissions. Future research is needed to identify other barriers, as well as strategies for improved hospital-wide uptake of PC in this resource-limited setting.
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2021 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11 |
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African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence - 11(2021), 4 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 442-446 |
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Englisch |
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Nalugya, Linda Grace [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Revised 28.04.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.1016/j.afjem.2021.06.005 |
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| 520 | |a INTRODUCTION: The Emergency Department (ED) of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital serves a largely rural population of 4 million people in western Uganda. Here, ED patients with incurable illness often have prolonged stays. Palliative care (PC) is a low-cost intervention that focuses on alleviating pain and suffering for patients with incurable disease, while improving satisfaction with care and optimizing healthcare utilization. This is especially important in low resource settings. A prior needs assessment in our ED revealed that 50% of patients have PC needs. The ED is an optimal location to initiate PC, yet this rarely happens. There is a great need to identify factors affecting initiation of ED PC in our resource-limited setting | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: A semi-structured questionnaire and chart review was conducted from March to August 2020. Patients admitted from the ED were assessed for PC needs. Those who met criteria were approached for inclusion and flagged for initiation of PC. The follow-up period was 7 days | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: Sixty two percent of those subjects flagged for initiation of PC received it. By day seven, 36.1 of the study population had died. ED initiation of PC varied significantly by diagnosis, with cancer patients more likely to receive PC (p = 0.0097) | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: Important barriers to PC initiation were identified in our Ugandan ED, related to diagnosis. These barriers could be overcome by improving awareness of PC amongst patients and providers alike and implementing a PC screening tool for all admissions. Future research is needed to identify other barriers, as well as strategies for improved hospital-wide uptake of PC in this resource-limited setting | ||
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